Noles Spear Murray State 69-3

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — By the third quarter, Murray State coach Chris Hatcher was just hoping to escape Florida State without any serious injuries and get back home and start playing schools in his own division.

Hatcher suffered through a 69-3 drubbing at the hands of the nation’s seventh-ranked team in exchange for a $450,000 payday.

“The third quarter, we started playing a lot of folks and we were just trying to go home,” he said. “We had our threes and fours in there at the end, and their threes and fours were a little better than ours.”

Not to mention the ones and twos.

“I think we got out of there not beat up too badly,” he said. “They (Florida State) are as good as I thought they would be and maybe even better.”

Things went south quickly for the Racers as Florida State’s Rashad Greene returned a punt 47 yards for a touchdown less than 2 minutes into the season opener.